Overview
- X Corp filed a writ appeal on November 14 seeking a division-bench review of a September 24 single-judge judgment that upheld the Sahyog portal and dismissed its challenge.
- The appeal is pending registry numbering and a hearing date in the Karnataka High Court.
- In court filings, X says it received 29,118 government takedown requests between January and June 2025 and complied with 26,641 of them, disputing any inference that it intends to defy Indian law.
- The company contends that mandatory blocking must follow Section 69A and the 2009 Blocking Rules, not Section 79(3)(b) and Rule 3(1)(d), which it says enable a parallel mechanism allowing numerous officials to order removals without required safeguards.
- The earlier ruling by Justice M Nagaprasanna upheld the portal as a public good and held that foreign-incorporated X cannot invoke Article 19, while the government warned non-cooperation could risk safe-harbour protection and potential prosecution.